Littell's Living Age, Volume 97Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1868 - Literature |
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... thought Napoleon - just as Horace thought ter of good Dr. Blacklock reached him , Augustus at Rome the only man capable just as , flying from bailiffs and intolerable of governing his disordered country . He misery , he was about to ...
... thought Napoleon - just as Horace thought ter of good Dr. Blacklock reached him , Augustus at Rome the only man capable just as , flying from bailiffs and intolerable of governing his disordered country . He misery , he was about to ...
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... thought so humbly of herself , could not but see how well he thought of her . And so , all that long happy day , the children talked and chattered from morning to night , rather to the disgust of Laura , who would have preferred holding ...
... thought so humbly of herself , could not but see how well he thought of her . And so , all that long happy day , the children talked and chattered from morning to night , rather to the disgust of Laura , who would have preferred holding ...
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... thought ; and could speak the most perfect Italian . he caught Lady Marjory by the hand . " See what a pretty little pair , " said he ; " how well matched they are . " ing up the banisters , riding donkeys , on horses. " A couple of ...
... thought ; and could speak the most perfect Italian . he caught Lady Marjory by the hand . " See what a pretty little pair , " said he ; " how well matched they are . " ing up the banisters , riding donkeys , on horses. " A couple of ...
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... thought of it , but Linda lay far away upon the bed , and the lover did not see how it was to be man- aged . He was not sure , moreover , wheth- Madame Staubach would not have been shocked at any proposal in reference to an antenuptial ...
... thought of it , but Linda lay far away upon the bed , and the lover did not see how it was to be man- aged . He was not sure , moreover , wheth- Madame Staubach would not have been shocked at any proposal in reference to an antenuptial ...
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thought that the soul's welfare was con- cerned . She had seen the shrinking , re- treating horror with which Linda had al- most involuntarily contrived to keep her distance from her future husband . She had listened to the girl's voice ...
thought that the soul's welfare was con- cerned . She had seen the shrinking , re- treating horror with which Linda had al- most involuntarily contrived to keep her distance from her future husband . She had listened to the girl's voice ...
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Page 268 - Behold I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.
Page 306 - We rather seem the dead that stayed behind. Blow, trumpets, all your exultations blow! For never shall their aureoled presence lack; I see them muster in a gleaming row, With ever-youthful brows that nobler show; We find in our dull road their shining track; In every nobler mood We feel the orient of their spirit glow, Part of our life's unalterable good, Of all our saintlier aspiration; They come transfigured back, Secure from change in their high-hearted ways, Beautiful evermore, and with the rays...
Page 80 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The coals thereof are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 52 - I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years. So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till the night is gone, and with the morn those angel faces smile, which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Page 329 - Man, this is one of the most extraordinary, that he shall go on from day to day, from week to week, from month to month.
Page 306 - I sweep them for a paean, but they wane Again and yet again Into a dirge, and die away, in pain. In these brave ranks I only see the gaps, Thinking of dear ones whom the dumb turf wraps, Dark to the...
Page 267 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white : for they are worthy.
Page 80 - Why earnest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
Page 81 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
Page 52 - Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on ! The night is dark and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me.